I wrote Sandi Gorin in regards to the Justice of the Peace question. Below is her reply. Diana -----Original Message----- From: Sandi Gorin <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com> To: Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 9:04 AM Subject: Re: question >Hellow! One week away from my youngest daughter's wedding so hustling. It >was an appointed office (still is). Their main tasks during the earlier >days - they could witness and marry people, testimony was taken before them >in civil or circuit cases. I think they were recommended to the governor if >I remember right! Hope this helps - Sandi > >At 08:19 PM 5/7/99 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi Sandi, >>Haven't talked with you in a while. Hope you and yours are all doing fine. >> >>One of my subscribers had a question and I know you probably have the >>answer to it. >> >>What exactly was a justice of the peace? What were his duties and how was >>he appointed? >> >>Thanks for any help you can give us. >> >>Diana Flynn >> >> >> >Col. Sandi Gorin 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (502) 651-9114 >PUBLISHING: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html >SCKY: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/BarrenObits >TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips >KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios >ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >BARREN CO WEB PAGE: http://ww4.choice.net/~jimphp/barrenco/ >